EPISODE · Jun 18, 2015 · 36 MIN

Empyema

Dr. Shawn St. Peter and Dr. Todd Ponsky discuss contemporary diagnosis and management of empyema Table of contents: 2:37 - Evaluation of patient with pleural effusion 07:26 - Treatment algorithm for empyema 11:23 - Duration of antibiotic therapy 14:51 - Imaging for empyema 16:03 - Fibrinolysis 23:15 - Post-procedure chest x-ray 23:45 - Determining failure of therapy 26:44 - Pulmonary necrosis 31:57 - Pulmonary abscess 33:44 - Resection for pulmonary necrosis? 34:26 - Agents for fibrinolysis

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